The Depiction of Homosexuality in the Fiction of Christopher Isherwood

• Thesis title in Czech: Zobrazení homosexuality v díle Christophera Isherwooda
• Thesis title in English: The Depiction of Homosexuality in the Fiction of Christopher Isherwood
• Key words: identita, homosexualita, mezilidské vztahy, společnost
• English key words: identity, homosexuality, interpersonal relationships, society
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2017/2018
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
• Author: Bc. Barbora Imrišková - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 04.12.2017
• Date of assignment: 04.12.2017
• Date and time of defence: 12.09.2018 09:00
• Venue of defence: M. Rettigové 4, Praha 1, R210, 210, 2. patro, vlevo
• Date of electronic submission: 09.07.2018
• Date of proceeded defence: 12.09.2018
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD004)
• Opponents: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.

References

Berg, James J., and Chris Freeman, editors. The American Isherwood. University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
---. The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood. University of Wisconsin Press, 2001.
Harker, Jaime. Middlebrow Queer: Christopher Isherwood in America. University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Page, Norman. Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years. 2nd ed., Macmillan Press Ltd, 2000.
Putna, Martin C. et al. Homosexualita v dějinách české kultury. Academia, 2011
Wade, Stephen. Christopher Isherwood. Macmillan Education Ltd, 1991.
Woodhouse, Reed. Unlimited Embrace: A Canon of Gay Fiction, 1945-1995. University of Massachusetts Press, 1998.

Preliminary scope of work in English

The aim of this bachelor thesis, The Depiction of Homosexuality in the Fiction of Christopher Isherwood, is to examine the portrayal of homosexual characters in selected works by the Anglo-American novelist Christopher Isherwood. The thesis attempts to compare Isherwood’s depiction of homosexuality in the novels Goodbye to Berlin and A Single Man, and relate the contrast to the respective cultural and geographical factors and personal circumstances in the author’s life.